100 Years Ago: 1919 Sugar has been very scarce in the stores for the last ten days, but the grocers hope for more relief in time for Thanksgiving cooks to have more to be thankful for. No hope is expected however, that one might carry home enough to last a month. If he gets a […]
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Family Saturday at Bowdoin College Museum of Art
Museum of Art student education assistants will lead a weekend program for all ages, including a discussion of works on view and a related hands-on activity at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. The event is free and open to the public. The Bowdoin College Museum of Art […]
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Renaissance Voices to present delightful Christmas concert
PORTLAND — The resonant Cathedral of St. Luke is once again the setting for afternoon and evening performances of “Christmas with Renaissance Voices.” The 21-voice ensemble, under the direction of Harold Stover, internationally known organist and distinguished composer, will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22. The program […]
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Maine author will be at bookstore for Small Business Saturday event
FARMINGTON — Maine’s beloved game warden mysteries author Paul Doiron will make an appearance as guest bookseller on Small Business Saturday on Nov. 30 at Devaney, Doak and Garrett Booksellers. Doiron will be in the store from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. chatting with customers, recommending his favorite books and signing his own titles, such […]
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Poet Franny Choi will wrap up Bates College reading series for 2019
Bates College’s Literary Arts Live reading series presents Franny Choi, the author of the poetry collections, “Floating, Brilliant, Gone” and “Soft Science,” which Publishers Weekly described as “an exhilarating matrix of poetry, science and technology.” Choi is an editor and podcast co-host as well as poet. A book signing will follow the reading, which will […]
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Maine-ly Harmony to present Christmas show
Maine-ly Harmony will celebrate the season with “Christmas Remembered,” featuring upbeat holiday songs and beloved carols at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at the Emmanuel Lutheran Episcopal Church, 209 Eastern Ave., Augusta. All are welcome to this free-will offering performance, followed by refreshments and friendship. Also performing are three diverse quartets and a mixed ensemble […]
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Chocolate Church Arts Center presents eclectic holiday season lineup
BATH — The Chocolate Church Arts Center will present a jam-packed schedule of holiday-themed performances through November and December. The lineup will feature everything from a live Motown concert, to guitar virtuoso Frank Vignola, a fun family theater show featuring fairy tale characters and a fiery Celtic show with fiddler extraordinaire Eileen Ivers. A stage […]
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‘Come Out Swingin’!‘ set to open
LEWISTON — The premiere of “Come Out Swingin’!,” the new musical comedy about Lewiston hosting the Ali-Liston heavyweight title fight in 1965, opens Friday, Nov. 22, at the Franco Center. Written by Portland playwright Brian Daly, this traditional Broadway-style show is filled with original songs, lots of laughs and plenty of heart. It is May […]
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Androscoggin Readers Theater visits SeniorsPlus
The Androscoggin Readers Theater, now in its 11th season, is continuing to visit senior housing facilities to present performances of its original, humorous scripts that explore the quirks, peculiarities and idiosyncrasies of senior life. As requested, members returned to SeniorsPlus on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, for an afternoon performance open to the public. Hugh Keene, […]
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Còig to perform Christmas concert to benefit local food pantry
RUMFORD — Còig is one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting Celtic traditional groups and will perform the popular Christmas Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 49 Franklin. A monetary collection will be taken at the intermission to benefit the Grampa Food Pantry located at the Green Church in Mexico. Special guest Zakk. Cormier […]